Joseph shaffee



J.sHAPPBR.. Loop-Fastening for Harness.

No. 226,003 Patented Mar. 30,1880.

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STATES JOSEPH SHAFFER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JACOB A. PRITZ, OF SAME PLACE.

LOOP-FASTENING FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,003, dated -March 30, 1880,

Application filed December 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosEPH SHAFFER, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastening Devices for Harness-Loops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to a new and useful device for securing ornamental loops to the shirts or other parts of harness. As ordinarily attached these loops have their ends inserted through an opening or slot in the skirt, bent from each other, and stitched to the under side of the shirt on either side of the slot or opening. This method of fastening, aside from its insecurity and liability to tear the skirt, necessitates unsightly rows of stitching on the outside of the skirt and upon each side of the loop. To avoid this, and to obtain a perfectly secure fastening, I provide a metal stay-piece, with enlarged flattened ends, which lies longitudinally across the slot or opening upon the under side of the skirt. The ends of the loop pass around each side of this stay-piece, and are stitched firmly together over it. The exposed flattened ends rest upon the solid leather, and thus form a secure fastening almost impossible to be broken.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a loop secured by my improved device. Fig. 2 is a bottom-plan view of the same. Fig. 31s a sectional view through the line w w of Fig. 1.

A represents a portion of the skirt or other part of the harness to which the loop is to be secured. B is the loop, made in the ordinary or any suitable manner; and O,the usual backband or ornamental attachment. D represents my improved stay-piece, of the shape shown, and made of any desired metal, though malleable iron would be perhaps the best. This stay-piece is a bar of the same length as the slot or opening for the ends of the loop, having projecting flattened ends, as shown, which projcct over the ends of the opening and rest upon the solid leather.

The loop is first inserted through the opening in the skirt and the stay-piece is placed between the projecting ends. These latter are then brought together over the stay-piece and are firmly stitched together, as in Figs. 1 and 2. Thus a very simple and secure fastening is obtained, which obviates stiching the loop to the skirt and prevents the latter from being torn at the ends of the slot. v

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim- In combination with a harness-loop, a metal stay-piece having enlarged ends, constructed and applied in the manner and for the purpose specified.

Witness my hand this 14th day of October A. D. 1879.

JOSEPH SHAFFER.

Witnesses PATRICK H. GUNoKnL, Orms. M. Pack. 

